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Sunday, July 30th, 2023

DC insider: Republicans have made up these 5 crises to distract you

Author:     Robert Reich
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     July 27, 2023 | 5:38 AM ET
 Link: DC insider: Republicans have made up these 5 crises to distract you
Stephan:  

Robert Reich is right on the money. The Republicans have no real policy plans, what they are focusing on instead is misinformation and misdirection so people don’t pay attention to the fact that the House of Representatives has become almost completely dysfunctional, and they don’t want to talk about the fact that their leading candidate for the 2024 Presidential elections has over three dozen felonious charges against him that are awaiting trials.

Three of the leading House MAGAts (L-R) Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Credit: Michael Reynolds / Getty 

Here are five totally made-up “crises” Republicans have invented to distract from the real crises facing Americans today: the growing concentration of wealth, the worsening climate crisis, and the undermining of our democracy.

Fake crisis #1: Anything they claim is “woke.”

Although Republicans struggle to define what “woke” even means, they’re constantly using it as a weapon to combat anything that seeks to foster tolerance and acceptance.

Pride flags? Woke!

Books about Rosa Parks? Woke!

Green M&M’s? The wokest!

Fortunately, most Americans think being informed and aware of social injustice…which is what being “woke” really means… is a good thing.

Fake crisis #2: The panic over trans people.

Trans people just want the right to exist safely as their true selves, like everyone else. And despite the lies spewed by some Republicans, there’s not a shred of […]

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1 Comment

  1. Terri Quint on Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 5:21 am

    Again, it must be stated over and over—-the Dems are for POLICY; the GOP is for POWER!!
    The question needs to be repeated–do anything the leaders in the House do make us healthier, safer, better educated, happier, etc. etc. Not a single thing!!!! Keep reminding people of that!!!